LatinaLista — Today, another young person with undocumented status revealed himself to the nation. His name is Jose Antonio Vargas and unlike the other young people we have come to know as “DREAMers,” Jose is already living his dream…
MetroLatinoUSA WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Center for Constitutional Rights, Detention Watch Network (DWN), Rights Working Group (RWG), National Day Laborer Organizing Network and the National Immigration Project reject Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) announcement of minor changes to Secure…
By Miguel Orozco After seeing one of the best films since Gregory Nava’s El Norte, feelings of pride and personal connection disappeared when I realized that this powerful film called A Better Life, with an all-Latino cast and already…
LatinaLista — Today, Hispanic university economists, financial executives and policy analysts gathered at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas to discuss “The Hispanic Economic Experience.” Coming from across the nation and throughout Texas, the economists met to deliver their…
MetroLatinoUSA.com Washington D.C. – This Thursday the Brookings Institution released a new report, The Geography of Immigrant Skills: Educational Profiles of Metropolitan Areas, which finds that more working-age immigrants hold college degrees than lack high-school diplomas. This newly-released data…
LatinaLista — According to Merriam-Webster, the word “reform” has these three top meanings: 1a : to put or change into an improved form or condition 1b : to amend or improve by change of form or removal of faults…
LatinaLista — Evelia Villa Valencia was a 29-year-old mother of three when her eldest, an 11-year-old, made the gruesome discovery after school, on May 23, 2011, of his mother’s lifeless body. She had been strangled in the bedroom of…
By Mariana Martínez La Prensa San Diego SAN DIEGO — A year has passed since that night on May 28th 2010, when about twenty federal agents beat and tasered an undocumented immigrant, Anastasio Hernández, as he was being deported…
LatinaLista — Lately, President Obama has not made a secret of the fact that he has opened the White House to Latinos. Whether it’s holding various strategy meetings with Latino community leaders, politicians or entertainment personalities or hosting the…
LatinaLista — New York’s Governor Cuomo did something yesterday that only one other governor in the nation has done — told the federal government his state would not participate in the program known as Secure Communities. The title of…
La Costa Latina Gulf Coast, FL — Immigration attorneys, Stanley Walker (formerly of Emerald Coast Immigration Law Office) and Marty Lester (formerly of Fleet, Spencer and Kilpatrick, P.A.), have created what is expected to be the ultimate immigration law…
LatinaLista — A New York Times’ article over the weekend about how the Obama administration is now “smartly” enforcing immigration law by going after employers: In a break with Bush-era policies, the number of criminal cases against unauthorized immigrant…
LatinaLista — The White House continues its campaign to pressure congressional lawmakers to address comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) with their latest White House press conference call on the issue. Compared to past White House efforts where Latino celebrities, Silicon…
LatinaLista — Tomorrow, May 24, 2011, California celebrates the fifteenth anniversary of Immigrant Day. A project of the California Immigrant Policy Center (CIPC), the day is set aside to bring a unified voice of immigrants and advocates to California’s…
By Paola Chavez Borderzine EL PASO — Immigration on the U.S.-Mexico borderland is portrayed in popular culture as criminal and illegal to audiences that are disconnected from the reality of immigrants who cross the border to save their families…
LatinaLista — Though the Obama administration has resurrected the issue of immigration reform and President Obama has made speeches around the country as a show of good faith that he’s serious about bringing it to the floor of Congress…
LatinaLista — Maybe it’s because all the pictures of people crossing the border illegally always only show Latinos. Or maybe it’s because of the gruesome stories associated with Mexican cartel violence along the border. Or maybe it’s because stories…
LatinaLista — Recent studies suggest that Latinos are still on the wrong side of the digital divide with less home access to the internet, but a new report released today by The Hispanic Institute reveals that Latinos more than…
LatinaLista — The concept that all undocumented immigrants are criminals has been a hotly debatable subject ever since it was discovered that being in the country illegally isn’t a major crime that critics would have everyone to believe. It…
LatinaLista — Contrary to what is being seen in Congress, state legislatures and some city councils, a new poll shows that not all Americans mirror their political leaders’ attitudes towards undocumented immigrants. In fact, there is only one overwhelming…
By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa TULSA, Oklahoma – Senate Bill 91, which would require that any candidate for federal, state or municipal office prove their identity and citizenship with their original birth certificate, was passed in the House…
By Sarah Dahlen LatinaLista Picture a city in the United States with a thriving, vibrant Latino community. Is Allentown, Pennsylvania what comes to mind? If not, it may be time to read Edgar Sandoval’s book, The New Face of…
By Ytzel Arrunada Borderzine EL PASO — Mario Fernandez, 45, crossed the border illegally in search of opportunity and a better life, but he found himself here without rights or guidance and countless unanswered questions. But now, a new…
LatinaLista — Another day, another event for President Obama to underscore his determination to show the Latino community that he’s serious about the immigration issue. This morning, he spoke at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC. Overall,…
LatinaLista — First came the White House immigration meetings with their star-studded, business powerhouse invitees; then came the policy speech on immigration reform in El Paso yesterday where President Obama repeated to the nation what he’s been saying privately…
